The following are the national records in athletics inJapan maintained byJapan's Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF).

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.95(+2.0 m/s)	Ryota Yamagata	6 June 2021	Fuse Sprint 2021	Tottori, Japan	[1]
150 m (bend)	15.35(±0.0 m/s)	Yoshihide Kiryū	17 March 2017		Gold Coast, Australia	[2]
200 m	20.03(+0.6 m/s)	Shingo Suetsugu	7 June 2003	Japanese Championships	Yokohama, Japan
300 m	32.20	Kenki Imaizumi	11 October 2024	National Sports Festival	Saga, Japan	[3]
400 m	44.44	Yuki Joseph Nakajima	14 September 2025	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[4]
800 m	1:44.80	Ko Ochiai	31 July 2024	Inter-High School Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[5][6]
1000 m	2:18.69	Kentaro Usuda	15 October 2022		Kobe, Japan
1500 m	3:35.42	Kazuki Kawamura	17 July 2021	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Chitose, Japan	[7]
Mile	3:58.89[a]	Kiyonari Shibata	11 May 1996		Osaka, Japan
Mile (road)	4:01.26	Ryoji Tatezawa	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[8]
2000 m	5:07.24	Fumikazu Kobayashi	14 July 2006		Kortrijk, Belgium
3000 m	7:40.09	Suguru Osako	7 September 2014	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	[9]
Two miles	8:24.69	Kensuke Takezawa	3 August 2007	Norwich Union Super Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom	[10]
5000 m	13:08.40	Suguru Osako	18 July 2015	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[11]
5 km (road)	13:37	Kanta Shimizu	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[12]
10,000 m	27:09.80	Kazuya Shiojiri	10 December 2023	Japanese 10000m Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[13]
	27:05.92	Mebuki Suzuki	22 November 2025	Hachioji Long Distance	Hachioji, Japan	[14]
10 km (road)	28:05+	Atsushi Sato	14 October 2007	World Road Running Championships	Udine, Italy	[15]
15,000 m (track)	43:38.2	Toshihiko Seko	24 September 1983		Shizuoka, Japan
15 km (road)	42:18+	Reishi Yoshida	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
	42:18+	Kotaro Shinohara	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
	42:18+	Tomoki Ota	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
10 Miles (road)	45:40	Masanari Shintaku	19 February 1984		Karatsu, Japan
20,000 m (track)	57:48.7	Toshihiko Seko	11 May 1985		Odawara, Japan
20 km (road)	56:52+	Taku Fujimoto	2 February 2020	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
One hour	20410 m	Seiji Kushibe	20 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
Half marathon	59:27	Tomoki Ota	2 February 2025	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan	[16]
25,000 m (track)	1:13:55.8+	Toshihiko Seko	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
25 km (road)	1:13:14+	Takayuki Matsumiya	27 February 2005		Kumamoto, Japan
30,000 m (track)	1:29:18.8	Toshihiko Seko	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
30 km (road)	1:28:00	Takayuki Matsumiya	27 February 2005		Kumamoto, Japan
Marathon	2:04:56	Kengo Suzuki	28 February 2021	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	[17]
50 km (road)	2:44:07	Yuki Kawauchi	19 June 2016	Okinoshima 50K Ultramarathon	Okinoshima, Japan	[18]
100 km (road)	6:06:08	Junpei Yamaguchi	25 June 2023	Lake Saroma Ultramarathon	Yūbetsu, Japan
24-hour run	273.708 km	Shingo Inoue	13–14 May 2010	IAU 24 Hour World Championships	Brive-la-Gaillarde, France	[19][20]
110 m hurdles	12.92(+0.6 m/s)	Rachid Muratake	16 August 2025	Athlete Night Games	Fukui, Japan	[21]
200 m hurdles	22.55	Yoshiro Watanabe	1 October 2017		Itami, Japan
300 m hurdles	34.22	Ken Toyoda	26 April 2025	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[22]
400 m hurdles	47.89	Dai Tamesue	10 August 2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[23]
2000 m steeplechase	5:29.89	Ryohei Sakaguchi	25 April 2021	Hyogo Relay Carnival	Kobe, Japan	[24]
3000 m steeplechase	8:03.43	Ryuji Miura	11 July 2025	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[25]
High jump	2.33 m[b]	Naoyuki Daigo	2 July 2006	Japanese Championships	Kobe, Japan
Pole vault	5.83 m	Daichi Sawano	3 May 2005		Shizuoka, Japan
Long jump	8.40 m(+1.5 m/s)	Shotaro Shiroyama	17 August 2019	Athlete Night Games in Fukui — Fukui 9.98Cup	Fukui, Japan	[26]
Triple jump	17.15 m(+0.9 m/s)	Norifumi Yamashita	1 June 1986	Japanese Championships	Tokyo, Japan
Shot put	18.85 m	Daichi Nakamura [ja]	20 May 2018	Golden Grand Prix Osaka	Osaka, Japan	[27]
Discus throw	62.59 m	Yuji Tsutsumi [ja]	27 March 2020		Tama, Japan	[28]
Hammer throw	84.86 m	Koji Murofushi	29 June 2003		Prague, Czech Republic
Javelin throw	87.60 m	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi	27 May 1989		San Jose, United States
Decathlon	8308 pts	Keisuke Ushiro	31 May – 1 June 2014	Japanese Championships	Nagano, Japan
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.24(−0.6 m/s) 7.15 m(−0.5 m/s) 15.19 m 2.03 m 49.66 14.90(+0.1 m/s) 50.17 m 4.80 m 69.11 m 4:32.62
3000 m walk (track)	11:29.49	Eiki Unami	18 May 2008		Komatsu, Japan	[29]
5000 m walk (track)	18:16.97	Ryo Hamanishi	18 May 2024	66th East Japan Corporate Championships	Kumagaya, Japan	[30]
5 km walk (road)	18:44+	Eiki Takahashi	16 April 2016	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[31]
10,000 m walk (track)	37:25.21	Eiki Takahashi	14 November 2020	Juntendo University Long Distance meeting	Inzai, Japan	[32]
10 km walk (road)	38:03	Eiki Takahashi	16 April 2016	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[31]
15 km walk (road)	57:15+	Yusuke Suzuki	15 March 2015	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi, Japan	[33]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:21:36.7	Yuga Yamashita	8 January 2017	Race Walk Meeting of Tokyo Gakugei University	Koganei, Japan	[34]
20 km walk (road)	1:16:10	Toshikazu Yamanishi	16 February 2025	Japanese 20km Race Walking Championships	Kobe, Japan	[35]
Two hours walk (track)	25739 m	Takehiro Sonohara	22 February 1987		Tokyo, Japan
30,000 m walk (track)	2:19:49.2	Takehiro Sonohara	22 February 1987		Tokyo, Japan
30 km walk (road)	2:03:24+	Masatora Kawano	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States
	2:03:24+[c]	Tomohiro Noda	16 April 2023	Japanese 35km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[36]
35 km walk (road)	2:21:47	Masatora Kawano	27 October 2024	All Japan Race Walking competition	Takahata, Japan	[37]
50,000 m walk (track)	4:07:24.7	Fumio Imamura	17 March 1991		Kanazawa, Japan
50 km walk (road)	3:36:45	Masatora Kawano	27 October 2019	58th All Japan Race Walking	Takahata, Japan	[38]
4 × 100 m relay	37.43	Japan Shuhei Tada Kirara Shiraishi Yoshihide Kiryū Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
4 × 200 m relay	1:21.44	Waseda University Yudai Nishi Reona Miura Kenta Shinjo Tomasu Chida	25 September 2022		Yokohama, Japan
Swedish relay	1:48.27	Japan Select Shingo Kawabata Nobuharu Asahara Kenji Tabata Jun Osakada	15 September 2001		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	2:58.33	Yuki Joseph Nakajima Kaito Kawabata Fuga Sato Kentaro Sato	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[40]
4 × 800 m relay	7:20.34	JPN Select Daiki Nemoto Daichi Setoguchi Takahiro Hayashi Jun Mitake	19 October 2019	Denka Athletics Challenge Cup	Niigata, Japan	[41]
4 × 1500 m relay	15:19.33	University Select Tomokazu Sakashita Kenji Mizuuchi Hiroyuki Miyake Masayoshi Kagetani	23 June 2002		Odawara, Japan
Ekiden relay	1:58:58	Japan Takayuki Matsumiya (13:34) Yuki Sato (27:52) Atsushi Sato (13:59) Kazuo Ietani (28:26) Michitaka Hosokawa (14:10) Takanobu Otsubo (20:57)	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.46(+0.6 m/s)	Mayumi Watanabe	20 June 2010		Fukushima, Japan
100 y	10.56+(+0.5 m/s)	Arisa Kimishima	11 March 2023	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney, Australia	[42]
100 m	11.21(+1.7 m/s)	Chisato Fukushima	29 April 2010	Mikio Oda Memorial Athletic Game	Hiroshima, Japan	[43]
150 m (bend)	18.04(NWI)	Mariko Nagano	4 February 2017	Nitro Athletics Round 1	Melbourne, Australia	[44]
200 m	22.88(+1.8 m/s)	Chisato Fukushima	26 June 2016	Japanese Championships	Nagoya, Japan	[45]
300 m	37.08	Seika Aoyama	18 October 2020	Tajima Memorial Meet	Yamaguchi, Japan	[46]
400 m	51.75	Asami Tanno	3 May 2008		Fukuroi, Japan
600 m	1:28.41	Ayako Jinnouchi	9 July 2008	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Abashiri, Japan	[47]
800 m	1:59.93	Rin Kubo	15 July 2024	Long Distance Time Trials Meet	Kashihara, Japan	[48]
1000 m	2:37.33	Nozomi Tanaka	22 June 2022	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Fukagawa, Japan
1500 m	3:59.19	Nozomi Tanaka	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[49]
Mile	4:34.81[d]	Ikuko Tamura	15 June 2002		Amagasaki, Japan
Mile (road)	4:32.0h	Nozomi Tanaka	3 September 2023		Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 m	5:47.17	Tomoka Kimura	13 September 2016		Marseille, France
3000 m	8:34.09	Nozomi Tanaka	30 May 2024	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[50]
Two miles	9:35.04	Yuko Kawakami	27 June 1998		Cork, Ireland	[19]
5000 m	14:29:18	Nozomi Tanaka	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[51]
5 km (road)	15:34	Nozomi Tanaka	12 November 2022		Ōhori Park, Japan
	15:32	Kayoko Fukushi	6 January 2005		Miyazaki, Japan
10,000 m	30:20.44	Hitomi Niiya	4 December 2020	Japanese Long Distance Championships	Osaka, Japan	[52]
10 km (road)	30:55Mx	Rino Goshima	26 February 2023	10K Facsa Castellón	Castellón, Spain
	31:44Wo	Masako Chiba	11 February 1996		Karatsu, Japan
	30:52+a	Kayoko Fukushi	5 February 2006		Marugame, Japan
15 km (road)	46:55+Mx	Kayoko Fukushi	5 February 2006	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
10 miles (road)	53:08	Mai Endo	15 April 2007	Kasumigaura 10 Miles	Tsuchiura, Japan	[53]
One hour	17952 m	Junko Kataoka	1 October 1994		Tokyo, Japan
20,000 m (track)	1:06:48.8	Izumi Maki	19 September 1993		Amagasaki, Japan
20 km (road)	1:03:13+Mx	Hitomi Niiya	19 January 2020	Houston Half Marathon	Houston, United States	[54]
Half marathon	1:06:38Mx	Hitomi Niiya	19 January 2020	Houston Half Marathon	Houston, United States	[55]
	1:08:03Wo	Rino Goshima	13 February 2022	Yamaguchi All-Corporate Half Marathon Championships	Yamaguchi, Japan	[56]
	1:07:47Wo	Mizuki Noguchi	6 January 2004	Miyazaki Half Marathon	Miyazaki, Japan	[57]
25,000 m (track)	1:33:53.4+	Tamaki Okuno	10 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
25 km (road)	1:22:13+Mx	Mizuki Noguchi	25 September 2005	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[58]
	1:22:26+Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[59]
	1:22:08+a	Naoko Takahashi	6 December 1998		Bangkok, Thailand
30,000 m (track)	1:53:03.6	Tamaki Okuno	10 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
30 km (road)	1:38:35Mx	Honami Maeda	16 February 2020	Ohme 30 km Road Race	Tokyo, Japan	[60]
	1:38:36+Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[61]
Marathon	2:18:59Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[62]
100 km (road)	6:33:11Mx	Tomoe Abe	25 June 2000		Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
24 hours (road)	271.987 km	Miho Nakata	19 October 2025	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Albi, France	[63]
100 m hurdles	12.73(+1.1 m/s)	Mako Fukube	25 September 2022	70th All Japan Corporate Team Championships	Gifu, Japan
400 m hurdles	55.34	Satomi Kubokura	26 June 2011	Osaka Championships	Osaka, Japan	[64]
2000 m steeplechase	6:19.55	Yuno Yamanaka	25 April 2021	Hyogo Relay Carnival	Kobe, Japan	[65]
3000 m steeplechase	9:24.72	Miu Saito	15 September 2025	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[66]
High jump	1.96 m	Miki Imai	15 September 2001		Yokohama, Japan
Pole vault	4.48 m	Misaki Morota	2 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[67]
Long jump	6.97 m(+0.5 m/s)	Sumire Hata	14 July 2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[68]
Triple jump	14.16 m(+0.7 m/s)	Mariko Morimoto	3 June 2023	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[69]
Shot put	18.22 m	Chinatsu Mori	18 April 2004		Hamamatsu, Japan
Discus throw	59.03 m	Nanaka Kori	23 March 2019		Kitakyushu, Japan
Hammer throw	69.89 m	Joy McArthur	7 April 2023	Ron & Sharlene Allice Trojan Invitational	Los Angeles, United States	[70]
Javelin throw	67.38 m	Haruka Kitaguchi	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[71]
Heptathlon	5975 pts(NWI)	Yuki Yamasaki	22–23 May 2021		Kitakyushu, Japan
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 14.00(NWI) 1.65 m 12.39 m 24.63(NWI) 6.01 m(NWI) 48.62 m 2:13.95
Decathlon	7244 pts(NWI)	Yuki Yamasaki	10–11 November 2018		Aichi, Japan
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 12.13(NWI) 5.80 m(NWI) 12.14 m 1.65 m 44.46 14.29(NWI) 32.59 m 2.40 m 57.24 m 5:19.99
3000 m walk (track)	12:25.01	Mayumi Kawasaki	2 June 2007		Naka, Japan	[72]
5000 m walk (track)	20:42.25	Kumiko Okada	18 May 2019		Kumagaya, Japan
5 km walk (road)	21:27+	Mayumi Kawasaki	17 April 2010		Wajima, Japan
	21:25	Mayumi Kawasaki	7 July 2006		Naka, Japan	[73]
10,000 m walk (track)	42:51.82	Kumiko Okada	8 December 2019		Nagasaki, Japan
10 km walk (road)	42:46	Kumiko Okada	1 January 2024	72nd New Year Race Walk	Tokyo, Japan	[74]
15 km walk (road)	1:05:45	Nanako Fuji	18 February 2024		Kobe, Japan
20,000 m walk (track)	1:38:03.3	Rei Inoue	6 February 2011		Wakayama, Japan
20 km walk (road)	1:26:33	Nanako Fujii	16 February 2025	Japanese 20km Race Walking Championships	Kobe, Japan	[75]
30 km walk (road)	2:21:02+	Kumiko Okada	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[76]
35 km walk (road)	2:44:11	Kumiko Okada	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[77]
50 km walk (road)	4:19:56	Masumi Fuchise	14 April 2019	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[78]
4 × 100 m relay	43.33	Japan Masumi Aoki Arisa Kimishima Mei Kodama Midori Mikase	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[79]
4 × 200 m relay	1:34.57	Japan Miku Yamada Naoka Miyake Mei Kodama Shuri Aono	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[80]
Swedish relay	2:06.36	Company's sports club Team Satomi Watanabe Mayumi Maki Wada Kubokura Sayaka Aoki	15 October 2011		Odawara, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.91	Japan Seika Aoyama Kana Ichikawa Asami Chiba Sayaka Aoki	29 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[81]
4 × 800 m relay	8:33.77	Higashiōsaka High School Rin Kitamura Runa Asano Misa Tamura Rin Kubo	13 July 2024	Higashiosaka City OV30 Record Meet	Osaka, Japan	[82]
4 × 1500 m relay	18:31.18	Hitachi Team Mina Ogawa Ishizuka Sayuri Kumagai Hitomi Nakasaka	26 May 1996		Hitachinaka, Japan	[83]
Ekiden relay	2:16:13Mx	Japan Yoko Shibui Aki Fujikawa Kei Satomura Takami Ominami Noriko Geji Hiromi Ominami	28 February 1998		Beijing, China

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:12.08	Japan Kenki Imaizumi Abigeirufuka Ido Takuho Yoshizu Nanako Matsumoto	13 September 2025	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[84]
2×2×400 m relay	3:38.36	Japan Ayano Shiomi Allon Tatsunami Clay	11 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[85]
Shuttle hurdle relay	55.59	Japan Ayako Kimura Shunya Takayama Masumi Aoki Taio Kanai	11 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[86]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.75	Nobuharu Asahara	24 February 2002	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.29A	Shingo Kawabata	14 February 2004		Reno, United States
60 m	6.52	Shuhei Tada	1 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[87]
100 m	10.41	Nobuharu Asahara	4 February 2002		Tampere, Finland
200 m	20.63	Koji Ito	5 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
400 m	45.76	Shunji Karube	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
600 m	1:18.91	Allon Tatsunami Clay	23 January 2021	Aggie Invitational	College Station, United States	[88]
800 m	1:47.78	Sho Kawamoto	3 February 2018	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[89]
1000 m	2:21.99	Yuukichi Ishii	14 January 2023	Nittany Lion Challenge	State College United States	[90]
1500 m	3:39.51	Nanami Arai	27 February 2020	Boston University Last Chance Invitational	Boston, United States	[91]
Mile	3:54.84	Ryoma Aoki	10 February 2024	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[92]
3000 m	7:42.56+	Keita Satoh	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[93]
Two miles	8:14.71	Keita Satoh	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[94]
5000 m	13:09.45	Keita Satoh	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[95]
50 m hurdles	6.75	Masahiko Sugii	4 March 1987		Kobe, Japan
		Hiroshi Kakimori
55 m hurdles	7.39A	Masato Naito	14 February 2004		Reno, United States
60 m hurdles	7.50	Shunsuke Izumiya	17 March 2021	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[96]
High jump	2.35 m	Naoto Tobe	2 February 2019	Weltklasse in Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe, Germany	[97]
Pole vault	5.77 mA	Seito Yamamoto	15 January 2016	Pole Vault Summit	Reno, United States	[98]
Long jump	8.21 m[e]	Shunsuke Izumiya	23 March 2025	World Championships	Nanjing, China	[99]
Triple jump	16.70 m	Norifumi Yamashita	11 February 1992		Osaka, Japan
Shot put	18.07 m	Yasutada Noguchi	18 February 2004		Tianjin, China
Heptathlon	5831 pts	Akihiko Nakamura	20–21 February 2016	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[100]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.03 7.13 m 11.60 m 1.94 m 8.13 4.90 m 2:32.88
5000 m walk	21:10.01[101]	Hirofumi Sakai	7 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.04	Hosei University Wataru Iwanaga Tatsuo Sugimoto Kuniaki Masukawa Haruyasu Kato	3 March 1991		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.90	Japan Kazuhiro Takahashi Jun Osakada Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	6 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
4 × 800 m relay	8:48.6h	Japan Shunji Kawasaki Katsumi Nakao Susumu Kawasho Takashi Sugisaki	19 March 1961		Tokyo, Japan

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.47	Emiko Konishi	9 March 1985		Kobe, Japan
60 m	7.29	Chisato Fukushima	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[102]
200 m	24.11	Motoka Arai	26 February 2000		Yokohama, Japan
400 m	53.64	Asami Tanno	1 March 2005		Tianjin, China
800 m	2:00.78	Miho Sugimori	22 February 2003		Yokohama, Japan
1500 m	4:08.46	Nozomi Tanaka	4 February 2024	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[103]
Mile	4:28.94	Nozomi Tanaka	4 February 2023	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States[f]	[104]
3000 m	8:36.03	Nozomi Tanaka	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[105]
Two miles	9:16.76	Nozomi Tanaka	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[106]
5000 m	14:51.26	Nozomi Tanaka	15 February 2025	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[107]
50 m hurdles	7.19	Emi Akimoto	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
55 m hurdles	7.69A	Yvonne Kanazawa	25 January 1997	Rocky Mountain Cup	Colorado Springs, United States	[108]
60 m hurdles	8.01	Masumi Aoki	12 February 2023[g]	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[109]
High jump	1.91 m	Megumi Sato	15 January 1986		Osaka, Japan
			11 February 1989		Osaka, Japan
			11 March 1990		Yokohama, Japan
		Miki Imai	25 February 1998		Beijing, China
			15 February 2001		Stockholm, Sweden
			5 February 2003		Dortmund, Germany
Pole vault	4.35 m	Misaki Morota	3 February 2024	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[110]
Long jump	6.64 m	Sumire Hata	12 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[111]
Triple jump	13.66 m	Mariko Morimoto	11 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[112]
Shot put	17.46 m	Chinatsu Mori	8 February 2004		Tianjin, China
Pentathlon	4078 pts	Yuki Yamasaki	10 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[112]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.67 1.63 m 12.56 m 5.78 m 2.18.32
3000 m walk	12:42.65	Yuko Sato	11 February 1994		Osaka, Japan
4 × 200 m relay	1:42.80	Japan Masayo Kitagawa Ayako Nomura Kimiko Yokoyama Kyoko Kumata	3 March 1991		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:38.43	Japan Mayu Kida Rina Fujimaki Makiko Yoshida Miho Sugimori	22 February 2003		Yokohama, Japan

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